February 15, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – Over one thousand Darfurians protested today during the funeral of Mohamed Moussa, who had been tortured and killed last week allegedly by the Sudanese security service.
- Relatives and students pray during the burial of Darfuri student Mohamed Moussa in Omdurman , February 15, 2010. His body was covered with the SLM flag (Reuters)
Mohamed Moussa Abdallah Bahraldien, was a native of Kebkabiya in North Darfur and a member of the United Popular Front (UPF), a student organization loyal to the rebel leader Abdel Wahid Al-Nur.
More than 1,500 people from Darfur, students, activists and politicians including Yasir Arman SPLM presidential candidate, took part in the funeral cemetery which hosted for one hour different speakers from his family, friends, comrades with the crowd waving the SLM flag and chanting the name of Al-Nur the chairman of Sudan Liberation Movement.
Sudanese security surrounded the protesters at the cemetery but also the house of Mohamed Moussa family before.
The speakers mentioned the need for Sudanese authorities to investigate the case and bring responsible before justice.
“I have lost my son … I want justice from the government, justice for my son,” Moussa’s father Musa Abdullah Bahar al Din told Reuters.
Yasir Arman who was hailed with slogans “no Sudan without Arman” said Moussa is one of our martyrs” and he should be celebrated as such”.
Sudanese police blocked the funeral procession from reaching Ahmed Sharfi cemetery, where more students were gathering and order to carry his body to another graveyard at some 45km from Omdurman.
Witness said Moussa had been abducted on Wednesday from the Faculty of Education, Khartoum University, by members of the Sudanese security service.
He was found dead the next day inside a school in Al-Gamayir neighborhood in Omdurman. “His body bore signs of wounds and burns”.
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